PVP player here to discuss some improvements that I think could be made for the druid!
- Most people on the forums and in game agree that the idle staff animation is silly. Druid is a caster! Why are they holding it like a hammer? Please just make it the typical caster animation
- Druid has very little synergy with the ranger class mechanic, the pet
- The staff needs a little bit of a damage buff. I know that’s not the point of the staff, but right now it’s really doing next to nothing against enemy players (I’m looking at you, staff skill 1). Some conditions would be awesome and some fit the theme perfectly (I’m looking at you, poison)
- My biggest issue with the druid in PvP is its own survivability. For a specialization that focuses (basically with tunnel vision) on healing, I find it extremely strange that it doesn’t have a designated self-heal. I understand druid is supposed to be more of a support role, but in 5v5 matches you are bound to encounter solo encounters occasionally. The druid really doesn’t have much in the form of self-sustainability in this type of circumstance. I firmly believe that the druid needs one (or a combination) of three things: a self-heal, much better control options, or increased damage. Since the current damage on the staff seems to suggest you don’t want it to be a DPS option, either or both of the other two would do fine.
- As someone here previously stated, celestial avatar is kind of a joke in PVP matches. It doesn’t provide much self-sustanability and it’s basically just painting yourself a beautiful starry color to let the opposing team know to kill you so you can’t heal anyone else. It really needs something more to make it worth building up
- It’s tough to heal allies when you can’t actually see how much health they have. If you’re really introducing designated healing specializations into the game, this needs to be addressed
Druid is a cool concept and I’m totally on board with the healing idea, but it definitely needs tweaking. The specialization is just weak in PVP (with the exception of courtyard), especially in 1v1 situations.
